A Broken Sunflower

Simt a iernii rece gheață,

Șoptindu-mi vag și cu dulceață

Cum mă-ndeamnă să visez

Și-un ultim portret să-i pictez.

Precum un sacru jurământ,

Îi aud vocea sus, în vânt,

Și, după multe lupte crunte,

Eu pic lat pe-acel lugubru munte.

Stau, ascult și bag de seamă:

Geru-mi cântă cea din urmă gamă.

Fără vlagă, treptat devin greoi

Și-ntrezăresc priviri de moroi.

Oare îmi joacă mintea feste?

Sau au primit și ei de veste

Că-n aceste ceasuri de tortură

Cu greu mă zbat la ultima pictură?

E ger, și albul mă completează,

În ochi, marea ceață se instalează.

Cu-n gest final, cam dureros,

Închei acest portret tăios.

They descend not wearing velvet robes

stitched from honest stars,

but garments woven

from borrowed halos,

perfumed with white lilies

that never knew their roots.

They speak of stillness

as though silence were a temple;

of gentleness

as though mercy were a language

their sweetened tongues remembered.

They sell the purest serenity

like merchants beneath eclipses,

placing peace

upon polished altars,

asking only

for another soul to kneel.

Do not mistake

the absence of thunder

for the absence of venom.

Some serpents

have learned

to hiss between prayers.

Some abysses

have memorized

the vocabulary of light.

Beneath their gardens

grow neither jasmine nor magnolia

only moonlit pitcher plants,

their chalices open,

sweet with impossible nectar,

waiting for exhausted butterflies

who mistook hunger

for kindness.

There,

the blossoms bloom inward.

Petals become sharp teeth.

Fragrance becomes slow-wave sleep.

Roots become shackles,

coiling around ankles

too hopeful

to question beauty.

They preach stoicism,

yet harvest every trembling heart.

They praise compassion,

yet count mercy

only when it is bleeding.

They glorify forgiveness,

because forgiven wounds

are easier to reopen.

I have seen them—

keepers of immaculate orchards,

watering white roses

with borrowed sunlight,

while beneath the soil

countless sunflower corpses

lie hollow,

their gold devoured

to adorn another mask.

They call themselves shepherds.

Yet wolves have always known

how to imitate

the patience of snowfall.

The oldest predator

is not rage,

it is tenderness

performed

without a soul behind it.

In the deepest caverns,

where no dawn enters,

the ancient serpents

shed not their skin,

but their faces.

Each new smile

another immaculate prophecy.

Each embrace

another silent eclipse.

And those

who truly carry light

never ask

to be worshipped.

They bloom quietly,

like wild chamomile

between forgotten stones,

asking nothing

except stillness.

For real gardens

never hunger

for the sunflowers

that seek shelter.

Only carnivorous flowers

measure love

by what remains

after the petals

have disappeared.

So when they speak

of peace,

look beneath their roots.

When they preach

stillness,

listen for the bones

buried beneath the moss.

And when they promise

to save your sugared soul,

watch,

whether their shadows

lean toward your light,

or away from it.

For the oldest false prophet

was never the loudest.

He whispered

like rain upon marble,

held out

a blossom without scent,

and smiled

while somewhere,

far beneath the earth,

the abyss

opened its mouth

like a flower trap.

I am just a cub,

Alone in a garden of flowers.

And as much as I delight in being seen by others,

Ilong, with all my being, to finally know myself.

As the world pauses to take a breath,

I press forward with quiet courage.

Freedom unfurls its petals within me,

Opening in this very moment.

So I take the leap of faith, and jump.

At the beginning of that journey,

The garden feels as though it tears my flesh apart

A disturbingly pleasant sensation,

For I have walked among these realms before,

Before I even knew how to shape sound with my voice.

Without rushing,

Without making the water tremble,

The conscious mind gives way,

Leaving space for the adventure to blossom.

So it begins.

The traveler's portal opens its radiant chest,

And the cub passes through.

From that realm of truth, I drift back in time,

Peering through binoculars at ancient predators,

Studying their movements,

Tracing them like vines across memory.

Once, the creatures noticed my gaze

And though they attacked,

I escaped With only a scratch on my paw,

A scar like a thorn's kiss.

I return to the present garden,

But the traveler aches for more.

And so, it begins again.

The next realm blooms in Atlantis.

The cub now breathes beneath sapphire waters,

Transformed into a creature of the deep,

A flower of the ocean's secret garden.

I drift among coral columns and temple ruins,

Their stories flowing into me

Like nectar through a stem.

My touch gathers their forgotten whispers,

Petal by petal, memory by memory.

At last, the fuel of wonder fades,

And the traveler must return.

The garden door calls softly,

Its blossoms swaying in welcome.

I leap once more,

And with gratitude,

reality gathers me gently

Back into its fragrant arms.

There comes a time of year

When the grand bargain begins,

Not on the streets filled with vitality,

But in the shadows of the necropolis.

That time when the Four O'Clock flower breaks,

Shattered glass strewn across morality,

Violins echoing through chrysanthemums—

An entire ballad of the false prophets.

And in such a dreadful realm,

The White Dahlia enters with petals shrinking,

Trembling as the winds begin to embrace her.

Two pairs of eyes seize her gaze:

One's Deadly Nightshade,

the other's Devil's Hand.

One is there to devour her soul;

The other to protect and shield her:

Unfortunately, all entities wear masks.

What gleams is venom,

What offers refuge seems lethal.

The first waltz with the broken,

virtuous entity Unfolds in darkness,

Flowers shivering in the aura that surrounds him.

Warnings drip from his affection;

Her vitality seeps into his mask.

The long, agonizing sway ends in tears.

The second dance with the wicked one

Casts beams of pearly light across the floor,

Flickers of hope and sparks tangled in mysterious smiles.

Tiny, precise steps lure her core into an abyss.

She blooms once more

Only to be severed again with the final sigh of her stamina.

What happened to them, you might ask?

Devil's Hand betrays his loving core, vanishing into obscurity.

White Dahlia, dripping tears of blood, continues to bloom

Brighter, fiercer than ever.

Deadly Nightshade aches still,

Hunting those ruby tears with insatiable hunger:

One astray, one reaching the focal point, one hollow within its own elegance.

Dear gentle reader,

Beneath the pale moonlight,

I have entered your dreams

and whispered softly

the legend of soul ties.

Slowly, you step beside me.

Hungry eyes gather in the distance.

The reality swallowing us whole

is nothing but a forgotten battlefield.

Your razor-sharp gaze is captured.

There, among dozens of rotting corpses,

stand two figures suspended in silence,

like the final pillars of a fallen temple.

The first— a broken priest.

Wounded, endlessly praying,

his trembling hands, his crooked fingers,

still searching for a fragment of mercy.

The second— a gentle demon.

Waves of warmth orbit around her.

Her sapphire eyes remain fixed upon the horizon,

calmly gazing into the endless dark.

You see them, don't you?

Remain still.

Obedience is the key.

Watch closely,

for what you are about to witness

will unsettle the deepest parts of your soul.

She senses the priest's sorrow

rising above the dead surrounding him.

His misery speaks louder than words.

"Take my hand," she whispers.

"Drink from my waters.

You have exhausted your strength

for far too long."

"My fair lady... my endless cup of hope...

How could a poor soul like mine

ever deserve to reach you?"

Like distant constellations,

their paths collide.

He drinks fiercely from the source of her light,

while she willingly holds him close,

believing compassion alone

can heal what time could not.

"How can this be?

Have I become blind

or simply mad?"

"Silence.

Ask yourself what you're truly seeing.

The truth stands before us.

It is only hidden

from those unwilling to look."

What feels like thousands of years pass.

The priest and the demon

begin studying one another.

One— cold as forged steel,

calculating,

entirely ruled by the mind.

The other— guided by razor-sharp intuition,

profound empathy,

and quiet emotional wisdom.

Again and again,

the priest manipulates, betrays, wounds,

engraving new scars into her soul.

Again and again,

the demon forgives.

Once. Twice.

Until—

something clicks.

The pattern reveals itself.

The spell dissolves.

She stands perfectly still,

frozen in time, calculating,

without anger, without reaction.

Holding every advantage,

she prepares her departure

in absolute silence.

She could have struck him down.

She could have carved wounds

deeper than those he had ever known.

But she finally understands.

This is no wounded soul.

This is a predator.

Her sapphire eyes become crystal clear.

And then—

she goes supernova.

The script shatters.

The roles reverse.

For the first time,

the priest chokes on fear.

He was clever.

Subtle as a serpent.

Yet painfully predictable.

She had always seen beyond the mask.

She understood him

better than he understood himself.

For the depth of her empathy

could only exist

because it mirrored

the depth of her own darkness.

And his downfall

would become far worse than hell.

"He searched for golden nectar,

yet stumbled upon an unknown creature."

The dead begin to vanish,

laughing into the wind.

The battlefield collapses

into an endless abyss,

opening its ancient mouth.

"Poor little priest...

At last,

you have shaken hands

with your karmic mirror."

It happened on one blue day

when my petals were bruised,

and my spirit almost hung itself,

no longer bearing the weight

of being an immortal light source

in a time of forgotten prayers.

I was nearly weeping

not in storms that swallow the world around me,

but in the language of scorpion grasses at dusk

soft, bowed, barely blooming.

He came like a gentle comet,

not as a man,

but as the guiding Hermes

a smile, soft as sacred crocuses,

carrying no judgment,

emerging from a cold land,

gently touching the unopened bud

of my fragile sorrow,

just to remind me:

someone still sees.

Then came the embrace

two arms wrapped around

like vines of honeysuckle

entwining the walls of my cold cathedral of solitude

with warmth and grace:

a tulip and hyacinth embroidery.

I did not flee from that sacred place,

not because I forgot Eros,

but because I remembered Persephone,

longing for the sun,

wandering through labyrinths of wonder

even in Hades' hasty gentleness.

But guilt arrived

on a shocking wave of pain,

measuring the weight of my heart

against a moment I did not ask for

nor did I deserve it,

yet I allowed it.

Not ashamed for desiring a mortal feeling,

but for that pale flicker of bloom

that rose inside my crimson heart

and dared to face the sun.

Yet even so,

I crossed no sacred boundary,

and kept my faith to Hera's vows

my trembling hand bore no corruption,

only the scent of oleander.

Now I return

to the sacred garden I tend with care,

to the altar of my chosen love,

where trust grows like lavender

at the gates of devotion.

He saw me unguarded,

but I see myself whole again

a celestial being reborn beneath the stars:

not untrue or disloyal,

only open,

only tender,

only alive.

Cum să o iau de la-nceput?                                                                              Când am văzut de mii de ori ,

Cum să incep un nou parcurs?                                                                         Când cei iubiți m-au tot rănit, 

Cum să mă distanțez de ei?                                                                             In jur mi-au pus stringuri prea groase...                                                       

Cum sa le tai sau sa le rup?                                                                               Iubirea lor nesănătoasă...

Cum pot să mă bucur de-a mea viață?                                                           Când după mine arunca ,,piatra,,....

Trecători prin viața , trecători prin gânduri,

Azi se scurge timpul,și în timp ne scurgem..

Trecători pe-acasă, trecători la rude,

 Salutam în grabă,și mâine ii conducem...

Trecători iubim, trecători rănim,

Devenim înțelepți când îmbătrânim ,

Trecători in fuga, trecători încet 

Mergem înainte ,fara a fi prezenți.

Ne-amintim târziu,că veșnic nu trăim 

 Că avem timp puțin să ne și iubim,

Cand realizam,și deschidem ochii,

Devenim rapid trecători morții...

Privesc în liniște afară,

Și văd atâta graba-n jur,

Observ cum oamenii aleargă,

Ei sunt stresați,sunt triști..mahmuri

Observ in jur discuții triste,

Și fricile ce si-le ascund,

Vorbesc și spun cum timpul trece,

Privesc cum trec prin timpul lor,

Privesc spre cei îndrăgostiți,

Cum au bagaje de iluzii,

Și uita că au doar un ,,timp,,..

Prezent frumos ce nu-i promis...

Privesc bătrâni cu multe boli..

Și pungi ce-s pline cu pastile,

Cerșesc in șoaptă îndurerați,

Să prindă și ziua de mâine..

Privesc în jur și simt ca stare...

Durerea și tristețea lor,

Le-aș da ca sfat o întrebare...

Tu suflete ești corpul tau?...

Sau ești doar martorul tăcut..

Ce a uitat că e mai mult?

N-ai avut curaj,
nici zumzet,
nici glas.
Gândul îți spunea așa:
ce-i efemer
nu-i prosper.
Dahlia,
din copilul neauzit
ai înflorit.
Te-ai regăsit:
Blandiana, Stănescu, Păunescu
aceștia-ți sunt cerescul.
Nu te osteni cu rime întoarse,
cu povești și mii de ace,
tu ai fost născut poet
pentru a fi complet!

Lumina Sfinților

​1.

Astăzi se-adună-n lumină curată,

Toți Sfinții cerești în slavă bogată.

Rugă și cânt răsună în noi,

Doamne, spre Tine ne-ntoarcem cu noi.

​2.

Prin jertfa lor sfântă, prin lacrimi și dor,

Au scris pe pământ iubirea în zbor.

Cu sânge și har au sfințit căi grele,

Purtând crucea vieții cu inimă aleasă.

​3.

Departe-n lumină, acum se-ncunună,

Îngeri și Sfinți în cânt se adună.

Ei strălucesc ca stelele clare,

Purtându-ne-n taină prin vremi trecătoare.

​4.

În lupte aprinse, în chin și durere,

Au stat mărturie la sfânta putere.

Și-n slava cea veșnică, Sfinții veghează,

Cu milă divină pe toți ne-nconjoară.

​5.

Din câmpuri de sânge, din temniți pustii,

Au răsărit flori de sfințenie vii.

În numele Crucii au mers până-n sfârșit,

Cununa vieții primind în venit.

​6.

O, Doamne, prin Sfinți ne-ntărește cărarea,

În inimă pune lumina, răbdarea.

Prin ei să cunoaștem al Tău chip curat,

Izvor nesecat de har minunat.

​7.

O, Sfinților, frați din Împărăție,

Aduceți pe lume a voastră solie:

De pace, de dragoste, de dăruire,

De jertfă curată și de mântuire.

​8.

În noaptea cea grea când sufletu-i slab,

Voi, Sfinți, ne purtați pe drumul cu har.

Ne sunteți pildă și sprijin mereu,

Slujind în credință pe Bunul Dumnezeu.

​9.

Cu inimă vie, cu glas rugător,

Cinstim azi pe Sfinți în cânt înălțător.

Ei sunt comoara Bisericii sfinte,

Ce strălucește prin veacuri înainte.

​10.

Slăvit fie Domnul ce Sfinți a chemat,

Și-n slava Sa mare pe toți i-a așezat.

Prin ei să trăim în credință și dor,

Spre veșnica pace din sfântul Tău cort.

Amin.

Rămân desculță în fața lumii, sub cerul gri de amintiri,

O ploaie caldă de trăiri se cerne-n mii de rătăciri.

Nu știu ce strop îmi va aduce bucurie sau un chin,

Sunt doar o călătoare-n viață, cu sufletul de taine plin.

Uneori, un singur picur e un ocean neașteptat,

Îmi umple pieptul de lumină și spală tot ce a durut vreodat'.

Alți stropi sunt grei, lovesc cu teamă și lasă urme pe pământ,

Dar am învățat că și norii se risipesc purtați de vânt.

Nu mă mai tem de nicio stâncă, nu mă ascund de sutele nuanțe,

Fiecare strop ce-mi cade-n palme aduce noi și noi speranțe.

Las ploaia asta să mă ude, să-mi ducă sufletul in pustie,

Căci doar primind și bune și rele, simt cu adevărat că-s vie. 

Primesc și picurul de viață, oricât de slab sau de intens,

În marea ploaie de momente, simt că și durerea are-un sens.

Sunt gata sufletul să-mi umplu cu tot ce Cerul are-acum,

Căci după fiecare ploaie, se vede-un soare răsărind pe drum.